Category: Bitcoin

In today’s newsletter, GSR’s Andy Baehr explores how, amid stagnant markets, advisors are quietly building durable cryptocurrency allocations beyond BTC and finding more comfort in this asset class. Then, in Ask the Expert, Valdora’s Patrick Velleman provides commentary on how financial advisors can navigate the growing trend of durable cryptocurrency allocations. – Sarah Morton Summer…

Bitcoin Bitcoin$79,512.22 After a brief breakout attempt, the price fell back below $80,000 on Wednesday as on-chain data suggested the rally had come under profit-taking pressure. CryptoQuant said Bitcoin’s 37% rebound from April lows still looks more like a bear market rally than a confirmed trend reversal, with realized profits reaching their highest levels since…

Bitcoin Bitcoin$79,512.22 While spot prices continue to move higher, funding rates are flashing one of their most bearish positioning signals in years. Caerus Global founder and CIO James Aitchison said at the 2026 Consensus Conference in Miami that annualized financing rates have been approaching -4%. This means longs will be paid to hold exposure, a…

As many as 20 financial institutions and big tech companies are lining up to issue their own stablecoins with Anchorage Digital, CEO of U.S.-regulated cryptocurrency custodian Nathan McCauley told Consensus 2026 in Miami on Thursday. “Anchorage has won every large stablecoin issuance authorization in the entire space since the Genius Act was passed,” McCauley said….

Tom Lee, chairman of Bitmine (BMNR) and co-founder of Fundstrat, said the cryptocurrency bear market may be over, arguing that a new cycle driven by tokenization and artificial intelligence-driven financial services is starting to take shape. Speaking at the Consensus 2026 conference in Miami on Thursday, Lee noted Bitcoin’s Bitcoin$79,512.22 The recent strength is a…

Chappy Asel, a former Apple engineer and founder of AI nonprofit The AI ​​Collective, said the cryptocurrency industry’s embrace of AI is more about building financial infrastructure for autonomous machines than chatbots. Speaking at the Consensus Conference in Miami, Asel, founder of The AI ​​Collective, a global non-profit artificial intelligence community with more than 150…

Institutional investors are increasingly exposed to Bitcoin Bitcoin$79,493.04 and other major tokens are traded through ETFs and centralized exchanges. However, panelists told Consensus Miami that they are largely staying away from decentralized exchanges (DEXs) offering perpetual (perp) futures related to cryptocurrencies and tradfi assets, citing security risks and a mismatch between DeFi’s permissionless design and…